Chasing Cheerios

Friday, December 10, 2010

Personalized Paper Dolls AND Another Giveaway!!!

I saw these personalized paper dolls on Sandy Ford Design on Etsy and fell in love with them. I emailed Sandy and asked if she would like for us to review a set. She agreed, and I emailed her a picture of O. I was so excited when she emailed me the paper doll and clothes! (O was excited, too, of course!)

Sandy started designing these dolls last year when she was trying to think of a great non-plastic gift for her daughter's 5th birthday party. They were such a hit that she started a business from it!

Immediately after seeing O's doll, I knew I'd need to order a set for E. Since they are pdfs, I can print both dolls for both girls. Also, if we lose or tear the dolls or clothes, we can just print more...I REALLY love that aspect of these dolls!

I printed O's doll on magnetic paper, but I liked it so much on lightly textured cardstock that I haven't even cut it out of the magnetic paper yet (I think I'll save the magnetic paper dolls for Christmas).

I wasn't crazy about the idea of using the tabs to hold the clothes on the doll, so I was excited to find the idea of using a sticky strip at the Lily & Thistle website. The sticky strip works great!

I'm so excited by all of the things that I can make with these dolls of my girls. Their personalized Christmas ornaments for this year will definitely be paper dolls!

Another great thing about these dolls is that Sandy is so great to work with...I emailed her several times to ask if she would make minor changes here and there to make the dolls perfect. She did this happily and without hesitation.

As soon as O saw the paper dolls, she asked if we could get on to look like Laura (Ingalls...she still so obsessed with Little House on the Prairie). She'll be getting a set of "Laura and Mary" paper dolls for Christmas, and I know that she is going to have so much fun having a doll of herself play and interact with Laura and Mary. We may have to write a new book...Laura, Mary, and O!

Sandy is offering a free paper doll set with color in costumes to one lucky reader. Go to Sandy's Etsy shop and take a look around. Come back here and tell me what you liked over there. I'll randomly choose a winner on Wednesday.

Oh these are so adorable! What a great idea she had to create these, and the cartoon rendering looks so similar to the picture! My daughter loves dolls, but we've been trying to avoid plastic ones. These would be wonderful for her, I love the idea of printing them out on magnetic paper, I had no idea you could do that! I'm not sure she'd be able to work the tabs well but printing it all out on magnetic paper would work perfectly. Thanks for having this contest! :)

I hope she makes the paper dolls in the boy version! I know my boy would love them :)From the shop, I like the "Girl's Personalized Color-In Paper Doll", it would make a great gift for an elementary aged girl

I would love to get the custom illustration portraits for all my children. That would be so neat to hang in their rooms (or in mine). All my kids would love the paper dolls also...how neat she makes a boy version also!

Why don't I think of these great ideas first? I LOVE the dolls....and yours look so close to you girls! How great is that! And for them to be on PDF is awesome as well in case some (unnamed) big brother takes to destroy little sisters things...which has been known to happen! Thanks for sharing great ideas and gift M!

Oh I definitely love the paper dolls best. I love that they're personalized and that you get the file so you can re-print the ones that get over-loved. I think it would be great to get a set each year and save one of the dolls in my kids baby boxes. After many years, they'll have a lot of fun looking back on themselves as paper dolls!

I think my daughter would love the Personalized Magnetic Dress-Me-Up Paper Doll. She is always playing with the stuff on my fridge and she loves dolls. This would be a great way to keep her busy while I am putzing about in the kitchen!

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Welcome to Chasing Cheerios! I am a mostly stay at home mom (I work 45 days per year as a School Psychologist) of 2 girls and wife to Elliott. "O" is 6 years old, and "E" is 2. We love to do Montessori inspired activities with our girls as well as fun art, science, nature, and cooking projects. I also love to make things with and for my girls. Please contact me with any questions at ChasingCheerios@gmail.com

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